- digressiveness
- noun see digressive
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
digressiveness
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digressiveness — See digressively. * * * … Universalium
digressiveness — noun The quality or state of being digressive … Wiktionary
digressiveness — di·gres·sive·ness … English syllables
digressiveness — noun see digressive * * * digressˈiveness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑digress … Useful english dictionary
digressive — adjective Date: circa 1611 characterized by digressions < a digressive talk > • digressively adverb • digressiveness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Digression — (parekbasis in Greek, egressio, digressio and excursion in Latin) is a section of a composition or speech that is an intentional change of subject. In Classical rhetoric since Corax of Syracuse, especially in Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian,… … Wikipedia
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digressive — digressively, adv. digressiveness, n. /di gres iv, duy /, adj. tending to digress; departing from the main subject. [1605 15; < L digressivus. See DIGRESS, IVE] * * * … Universalium
discursion — /di skerr sheuhn/, n. 1. an instance of discursive writing, speech, etc.; a wandering or logically unconnected statement. 2. the quality or characteristic of ranging from topic to topic; discursiveness; digressiveness. 3. the process or procedure … Universalium
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